# 戦

| 戦 | U+6226, &#25126; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6226 |
| ← 戥 [U+6225] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 戧 → [U+6227] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 戰 |
| Shinjitai | 戦 |
| Simplified | 战 |

### Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai, simplified from 戰 (單 → 単).

### Han character

戦 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 火十戈 (FJI), four-corner 9345$_0$, composition ⿰単戈)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 413, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11631
* Dae Jaweon: page 756, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1409, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6226

## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 戦 – see 戰 (“to fight a battle; to go to war; war; battle; fight; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 戰).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 戦 |
| Kyūjitai | 戰 |

### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 戰)

#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
* Kun: いくさ (ikusa, 戦, Jōyō)、たたかう (tatakau, 戦う, Jōyō)、たたかい (tatakai, 戦い)、おののき (ononoki, 戦き)、おののく (ononoku, 戦く)、そよぎ (soyogi, 戦ぎ)、そよぐ (soyogu, 戦ぐ)、そよがす (soyogasu, 戦がす)、わななく (wananaku, 戦く)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 戦
* いくさ Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 戰 (kyūjitai)
Shift in meaning from 軍 (ikusa, “soldier, army”), by extension of “archery”, and then to “an exchange of arrows → a battle”.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いくさ [ìkúsáꜜ] (Odaka –)
* (Tokyo) いくさ [ìkúsá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ikɯ̟sa̠]

#### Noun

戦(いくさ) • (ikusa)
* (archaic) a battle, conflict, fight, war
    Synonyms: 合戦 (kassen), 攻戦 (kōsen), 戦争 (sensō), 戦い (tatakai)

##### Derived terms

* 歌(うた)戦(いくさ) (uta ikusa)
* 勝(か)ち戦(いくさ) (kachi-ikusa)
* 竹釘(たけくぎ)戦(いくさ) (takekugi ikusa)
* 弔(とむら)い戦(いくさ) (tomurai-ikusa)
* 一(ひと)戦(いくさ) (hito ikusa)
* 負(ま)け戦(いくさ) (make-ikusa)
* 私(わたくし)戦(いくさ) (watakushi ikusa)

##### Proverbs

* 戦(いくさ)を見(み)て矢(や)を矧(は)ぐ (ikusa o mite ya o hagu, literally “fletching an arrow while seeing a battle”)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 戦
* せん Grade: 4
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 戰 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 戰 (MC tsyenH).

#### Noun

戦(せん) • (sen)
* a battle, conflict, fight, war
* a game, match
* a competition, contest
* a shiver, shudder, tremble

#### Suffix

戦(せん) • (-sen)
* (especially in sports) match, competition, contest

##### Derived terms

* オープン戦(せん) (ōpun-sen)
* 延(えん)長(ちょう)戦(せん) (enchōsen)
* 局(きょく)所(しょ)戦(せん) (kyokusho-sen)
* 慶(けい)早(そう)戦(せん) (Kei-Sō-sen)
* 劇(げき)戦(せん), 激(げき)戦(せん) (gekisen)
* 後(こう)半(はん)戦(せん) (kōhan-sen)
* 交(こう)流(りゅう)戦(せん) (kōryū-sen)
* 持(じ)久(きゅう)戦(せん) (jikyū-sen)
* 終(しゅう)盤(ばん)戦(せん) (shūban-sen, “endgame”)
* 選(せん)挙(きょ)戦(せん) (senkyo-sen)
* 前(ぜん)半(はん)戦(せん) (zenhan-sen)
* 早(そう)慶(けい)-戦(せん) (Sō-Kei-sen)
* 争(そう)奪(だつ)戦(せん) (sōdatsusen)
* タイトル戦(せん) (taitoru-sen)
* 打(だ)撃(げき)戦(せん) (dageki-sen)
* 投(とう)手(しゅ)戦(せん) (tōshu-sen)
* 貧(ひん)打(だ)戦(せん) (hinda-sen)
* 凡(ぼん)戦(せん) (bonsen)
* 乱(らん)打(だ)戦(せん) (randa-sen, “slugfest”)
* リーグ戦(せん) (rīgu-sen)
* 決定戦(けっていせん) (ketteisen)

#### Affix

戦(せん) • (sen)
* battle, conflict, fight, war
* shivering, shuddering, trembling

##### Derived terms

* 戦(せん)戦(せん), 戦(せん)々(せん) (sensen)
* 戦(せん)意(い) (sen'i, “fighting spirit”)
* 戦(せん)役(えき) (sen'eki)
* 戦(せん)禍(か) (senka, “war damage”)
* 戦(せん)技(ぎ) (sengi)
* 戦(せん)記(き) (senki, “war chronicle”)
* 戦(せん)況(きょう) (senkyō, “war situation”)
* 戦(せん)勲(くん) (senkun)
* 戦(せん)訓(くん) (senkun)
* 戦(せん)鼓(こ) (senko)
* 戦(せん)功(こう) (senkō)
* 戦(せん)国(ごく) (sengoku)
* 戦(せん)債(さい) (sensai)
* 戦(せん)事(じ) (senji)
* 戦(せん)士(し) (senshi, “soldier”)
* 戦(せん)車(しゃ) (sensha, “tank”)
* 戦(せん)術(じゅつ) (senjutsu, “tactic, tactics”)
* 戦(せん)書(しょ) (sensho)
* 戦(せん)勝(しょう) (senshō, “victory, triumph”)
* 戦(せん)場(じょう) (senjō, “battlefield”)
* 戦(せん)陣(じん) (senjin)
* 戦(せん)勢(せい) (sensei)
* 戦(せん)前(ぜん) (senzen, “pre-war”)
* 戦(せん)線(せん) (sensen, “frontline”)
* 戦(せん)争(そう) (sensō, “war”)
* 戦(せん)隊(たい) (sentai, “military squadron”)
* 戦(せん)闘(とう) (sentō, “battle, combat”)
* 戦(せん)亡(ぼう) (senbō)
* 戦(せん)法(ぽう) (senpō, “tactic”)
* 戦(せん)袍(ぽう) (senpō)
* 戦(せん)没(ぼつ) (senbotsu, “death in war”)
* 戦(せん)友(ゆう) (sen'yū)
* 戦(せん)慄(りつ) (senritsu, “shudder”)
* 戦(せん)略(りゃく) (senryaku, “strategy”)
* 一(いっ)戦(せん) (issen)
* 鏖(おう)戦(せん) (ōsen)
* 外(がい)戦(せん) (gaisen)
* 海(かい)戦(せん) (kaisen)
* 火(か)戦(せん) (kasen)
* 合(かっ)戦(せん) (kassen)
* 火(か)兵(へい)戦(せん) (kaheisen)
* 酣(かん)戦(せん) (kansen)
* 擬(ぎ)戦(せん) (gisen)
* 騎(き)戦(せん) (kisen)
* 休(きゅう)戦(せん) (kyūsen, “truce”)
* 空(くう)戦(せん) (kūsen)
* 空(くう)中(ちゅう)戦(せん) (kūchūsen)
* 継(けい)戦(せん) (keisen)
* 故(こ)戦(せん) (kosen)
* 合(こう)戦(せん) (kōsen)
* 作(さく)戦(せん) (sakusen, “military operation”)
* 死(し)戦(せん) (shisen)
* 私(し)戦(せん) (shisen)
* 守(しゅ)戦(せん) (shusen)
* 小(しょう)戦(せん) (shōsen)
* 消(しょう)耗(もう)戦(せん) (shōmōsen)
* 水(すい)戦(せん) (suisen)
* 正(せい)戦(せん) (seisen)
* ゼロ戦(せん) (Zerosen)
* 前(ぜん)哨(しょう)戦(せん) (zenshōsen)
* 地(ち)上(じょう)戦(せん) (chijō-sen)
* 長(ちょう)期(き)戦(せん) (chōki-sen)
* 内(ない)戦(せん) (naisen)
* 難(なん)戦(せん) (nansen)
* 搏(はく)戦(せん) (hakusen)
* 白(はく)戦(せん) (hakusen)
* 白(はく)兵(へい)戦(せん) (hakuheisen)
* 紛(ふん)戦(せん) (funsen)
* 防(ぼう)衛(えい)戦(せん) (bōei-sen)
* 立(りっ)体(たい)戦(せん) (rittai-sen)
* 零(れい)戦(せん) (Reisen)

#### Proper noun

戦(せん) • (Sen)
* a surname

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
* ↑ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

## Kunigami
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: ひく゚さー (hikusā, 戦)、たた゚ーか゚ん (thatākan, 戦ん)

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 戰)

#### Readings

* Kun: いくさ (ikusa, 戦, Jōyō)、たたかゆん (tatakayun, 戦ゆん)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 戦
* いくさ Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 戰 (kyūjitai)
Cognate with Japanese 戦 (ikusa).
Shift in meaning from 軍 (ikusa, “soldier, army”), by extension of “archery”, and then to “an exchange of arrows → a battle”.

### Pronunciation

* (Shuri-Naha) いくさ [ìkúsá] (Heiban - [0])
* IPA: [ʔikusa]

### Noun

戦(いくさ) (ikusa)
* a battle, combat, conflict, war

#### Derived terms

* 戦(いくさ)後(あとぅ) (ikusātu, “postwar, after the war; especially, after World War II”)
* 戦(いくさ)道(どー)具(ぐ) (ikusa dōgu, “instrument of war, tool of war”)
* 戦(いくさ)世(ゆー) (ikusayū, “war-torn era”)
* 勝(か)ち戦(いくさ) (kachi-ikusa, “victory”)
* 負(ま)き戦(いくさ) (maki-ikusa, “defeat”)